"Better dogfighter" != "more advanced". The EF2000 is a superb aircraft, and a very agile one. However, if you look at the combat record of the F-15, it's pretty damn impressive.
The F-15 can carry a much larger warload, is faster, with superior avionics. Had the situation been something other than "Hey, we're well inside visual range, let's mix it up for fun!" I'd wager the outcome would have been very different. Which, if you read the article, is what actually happened. The F-15s were able to prosecute a successful attack before the EF2000s reacted.
Huh. Maybe I'm just too dumb for grad school. Somehow, I'll have to find a way to live with the shame.
My experience in undergrad work was sufficiently negative that I have no desire to continue in academia. If there are others who percieve the cost/benefit analysis differently than I do, then I'm sure they draw different conclusions.
Long ago, I concluded that I didn't like school for school's sake. I don't like the rat race, and I don't like jumping through arbitrary hoops. It's not a good fit for me. I'm certainly not going to pay for the "privilege" of continuing. I needed an undergrad degree to get the career I wanted, but I see no need to go further on my own hook.
For my $.02 (OK, well, $40,000), I'd rather learn by doing. I have more opportunity to make and to do in industry than I did in college. If somebody else wants to pay for an advanced degree, I'm game...but I'm certainly not going to foot another bill.
Do I really think that interfacing three devices together in such a way that they present a soldier in battle all the info and only the info that they need to stay alive and accomplish the mission is hard?
Yes. I think that's very, very hard.
It's real easy to talk. Building stuff is harder. I can tell which one you're good at.
Maybe we ought to all start thinking for ourselves rather than letting our "culture" do it for us. (When I say "us", I really mean "you all", because that's actually the way I live my life anyway.)
See? Now you're getting it. Try to approach it from the other person's perspective, rather than assuming that they must be a bigot/subhuman/male (concepts that are frequently conflated).
"Sending the message that "good" engineers are the ones who'll stay all night is exactly what keeps people who value life balance out of fields like engineering."
I value life balance. I am an engineer. I don't pay much attention to what society tells me what I ought to do, and I pay a lot of attention to understanding what's expected of me and consistently outperforming that standard, within the time I choose to allot to work.
Anybody who says that their boss "makes" them do anything needs to grow a spine, or some talent. There's not a lot of the latter out there, and not enough of the former.
That's true because you are human, not true because you are female.
I don't play rough either. But I can and do get along with people who do. i learned a long time ago that making a big deal out of the fact that I really don't give a crap about football doesn't do me any good at all.
Find common interests, and capitalize on them. Or attempt to be an island. It can be done, but it seems like the hard way. Social skills are handy. (and this comes from one of those borderline-asperger's types you seem so intent on belittling.)
"I see no evidence that they can help keep people out of jail."
You're joking, right? Let me introduce you to the United States Congress. Hell...anybody who makes their living inside the Beltway. Do you seriously think that their entire EXISTENCE is not predicated on their ability to completely ignore the threat of jail time?
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Wanna sell it? I'm 100% serious.
I said it to another poster above: I will be glad to buy one for a reasonable price. You're bored, I want one. Give me a number!
Still wanna sell it? I'd be glad to buy it for a fair price.
So what's happening in the streets of Israel is "winning", huh?
I wonder if we could go for a nice tie, instead?
"Better dogfighter" != "more advanced". The EF2000 is a superb aircraft, and a very agile one. However, if you look at the combat record of the F-15, it's pretty damn impressive.
The F-15 can carry a much larger warload, is faster, with superior avionics. Had the situation been something other than "Hey, we're well inside visual range, let's mix it up for fun!" I'd wager the outcome would have been very different. Which, if you read the article, is what actually happened. The F-15s were able to prosecute a successful attack before the EF2000s reacted.
Well, gosh! It's so easy! It's a wonder that Pakistan hasn't bodged one together in a bunker somewhere!
(It's not easy. At all. Hiding engine faces and cockpits and low-observable emitters is very, very difficult.)
Huh. Maybe I'm just too dumb for grad school. Somehow, I'll have to find a way to live with the shame.
My experience in undergrad work was sufficiently negative that I have no desire to continue in academia. If there are others who percieve the cost/benefit analysis differently than I do, then I'm sure they draw different conclusions.
Long ago, I concluded that I didn't like school for school's sake. I don't like the rat race, and I don't like jumping through arbitrary hoops. It's not a good fit for me. I'm certainly not going to pay for the "privilege" of continuing. I needed an undergrad degree to get the career I wanted, but I see no need to go further on my own hook.
Sounds absolutely perfect for academia.
For my $.02 (OK, well, $40,000), I'd rather learn by doing. I have more opportunity to make and to do in industry than I did in college. If somebody else wants to pay for an advanced degree, I'm game...but I'm certainly not going to foot another bill.
"I wouldn't worry too much."
Then you haven't thought about it very hard.
Do I really think that interfacing three devices together in such a way that they present a soldier in battle all the info and only the info that they need to stay alive and accomplish the mission is hard?
Yes. I think that's very, very hard.
It's real easy to talk. Building stuff is harder. I can tell which one you're good at.
If you think that's true, I'm absolutely certain you could get a buyer for your design.
Oh wait, you don't have a design, you have some hand waving. My mistake.
...right. Which costs Microsoft money. And they get to stop spending their money whenever they want to.
Look, I think MS's software is junk, so I don't buy it. But, the people who do don't have a Right to Microsoft continuing to do work forever.
If the codebase doesn't require maintenance, then why would you need continued manufacturer support?
It doesn't "wear out", no, but the environment in which the software operates changes over time.
I don't have stupid, sexist ideas. I am a geek.
Maybe we ought to all start thinking for ourselves rather than letting our "culture" do it for us. (When I say "us", I really mean "you all", because that's actually the way I live my life anyway.)
Got a better idea. People should stop being assholes to each other. What does gender have to do with it?
See? Now you're getting it. Try to approach it from the other person's perspective, rather than assuming that they must be a bigot/subhuman/male (concepts that are frequently conflated).
I am so, so very glad I don't have an attitude like yours. I hope it works for you.
Well played.
"Sending the message that "good" engineers are the ones who'll stay all night is exactly what keeps people who value life balance out of fields like engineering."
I value life balance. I am an engineer. I don't pay much attention to what society tells me what I ought to do, and I pay a lot of attention to understanding what's expected of me and consistently outperforming that standard, within the time I choose to allot to work.
Anybody who says that their boss "makes" them do anything needs to grow a spine, or some talent. There's not a lot of the latter out there, and not enough of the former.
And you proceed to the conclusion that the other poster is sexist because...why? Because everyone is sexist? I call that a bigoted attitude.
"do I be myself, or do I keep this job?"
That's true because you are human, not true because you are female.
I don't play rough either. But I can and do get along with people who do. i learned a long time ago that making a big deal out of the fact that I really don't give a crap about football doesn't do me any good at all.
Find common interests, and capitalize on them. Or attempt to be an island. It can be done, but it seems like the hard way. Social skills are handy. (and this comes from one of those borderline-asperger's types you seem so intent on belittling.)
Have you considered the other common denominators of those experiences?
Um, OK, smart guy. What wireless phone provider do the allegedly "smart, capable consumers" use?
"I see no evidence that they can help keep people out of jail."
You're joking, right? Let me introduce you to the United States Congress. Hell...anybody who makes their living inside the Beltway. Do you seriously think that their entire EXISTENCE is not predicated on their ability to completely ignore the threat of jail time?
What does your comment have to do with evolution? Did you just throw that in there as a troll?